I am old enough (just) to remember just after passing my driving test and getting my first car. The lines at petrol stations, it was the first Oil shock. The 70's was a decade of high consistent inflation touching on 25% Many blamed it on the Arabs, even more on trade unions (Margaret Thatcher gained power on the back of it) One thing that is clear is that a few years of inflation, that can be blamed on someone else will do wonders to reducing government debt as a percentage of GDP. Buy Bitcoin and Gold